Emergency/Weather Alert

Emergency/Weather Alert allows your radio to function as a severe weather warning radio and will also alert you to any local or national emergencies. If the NOAA issues a warning while this feature is turned On, the radio sounds an alert tone. You will then hear the emergency/ weather broadcast.

1.To use Emergency/Weather Alert, select the emergency/weather channel in your area.

2.

Press and hold the WX/ALERT button

 

 

for 2 seconds. A double confirmation

 

 

tone sounds.

WX ALERT

3.

When the unit receives a WX Alert

 

 

signal, it will sound a siren 3 times to

 

 

let the user know of a serious impending WX condition.

4.

If the radio detects a 1050 Hz tone, the

 

 

radio’s WX channel will flash along

 

 

with WX and ALERT.

 

5.

To turn off Emergency/Weather

WX ALERT

 

Alert, press and hold WX/ALERT for 2

 

seconds. A double confirmation tone sounds.

6.When Emergency/Weather Alert is activated, the highest priority is given to this function. If the unit is in Scan, Triple Watch, or any other mode or marine channels, it checks the weather alert signals every 7 seconds and switches to the warning receive mode automatically.

USA, International and Canadian Channels

When you first turn on your radio it sets to

US

United States (US) marine channels.

 

HIGH

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Uniden 200 owner manual Emergency/Weather Alert, USA, International and Canadian Channels

200 specifications

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